Updated 1 June 2025, 09:30 BST
Did Caleb Plant win? No – Armando Resendiz scored a split-decision upset over Plant with official cards of 116-112, 113-115, 116-112.
Caleb Plant vs Armando Resendiz – How the upset unfolded
Armando Resendiz walked to the ring an 8-1 betting outsider yet boxed with the spirit of a seasoned champion. Plant, known for silky footwork, aimed to bank early rounds behind his jab. Resendiz, however, closed distance, investing to the body and crowding Plant’s rhythm.
By the championship rounds the Mexican’s pressure showed. Plant, cut over the right eye in round nine, spent long spells on the ropes while Resendiz punched in clusters. Ringside observers sensed a momentum swing mirrored on the judges cards. With only one judge thinking Plant did enough to retain his belt.
The split-decision sealed a career-best triumph for Resendiz and the second consecutive defeat for Plant, whose record slips to 23-3 (14 KO).
With Caleb Plant seeming to be failing in the later rounds, his stamina has to be questioned, something years ago you wouldn’t have mentioned for a fighter like Plant. However he has had a long spell out of the ring, after suffering a loss to Benavidez in March 2023, he has fought once in 2024 and this been his only fight in 2025.
Plants promotion company PBC, have been accused of this before, with only signing the big money making fights and not letting their fights keep their fitness levels up with easier fights. One reddit user saying this “Man pbc is notorious for having their fighters sit on the side line too long. Plant and tank are just two examples, and they’re both top fighters.”
Boxing Statistics of Plant V Resendiz
- The pivotal round seemed to come in round 10, where Resendiz landed 28 power shots to Plant’s 9, widening the eventual margins on two cards.
- There were zero knockdowns, but Resendiz stunned Plant with a looping right in the eighth and a left-hook-right-hand combination in the twelfth made Plant hang on for dear life, wrapping him up in the clinch as long as he could.
- Total punches landed: Resendiz 221 of 732 thrown – Plant 187 of 588 thrown. Accuracy favoured Plant, volume favoured Resendiz.
Undercard results – Plant vs Resendiz
- Jermall Charlo TKO 6 Thomas LaManna (160 lb) – Charlo scored two knockdowns with crisp right uppercuts before the stoppage in round six.
- Yoenli Feliciano Hernandez UD 10 Kyrone Davis (168 lb) – A shut-out on all three cards (100-89), cemented by a ninth-round knockdown.
- Isaac Lucero TKO 2 Omar Valenzuela (135 lb) – Lucero stretched his perfect stoppage streak to 13 with a blistering two-round finish.
Rankings ramifications
- Resendiz moves from No. 7 to No. 4 in the super-middleweight top ten, just behind Benavidez, Morrell and Canelo Alvarez. Setting up for an important next fight, if Plant doesn’t use the rematch clause, which he rumoured not to.
- Plant slides to No. 6, one spot above rising Cuban David Morrell Jr. Full list on our latest super-middleweight rankings page.
TL:DR – Fight night at a glance
- Result: Armando Resendiz def. Caleb Plant (SD 12) – scores 116-112, 113-115, 116-112.
- Venue: MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas
- Date: Saturday 31 May 2025 (Sunday 2 am BST)
- Title at stake: Interim WBA super-middleweight belt
